Only Our Rivers Run Free - Mickey MacConnell (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins

Only Our Rivers Run Free - Mickey MacConnell (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins

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MacConnell was born in Bellanaleck near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. He is the youngest member of a musical family. He worked in Dublin for Irish Press Group and, later, with The Irish Times. He wrote Only Our Rivers Run Free - a song that describes the environmental damage observed by the Irish border during The Troubles. I love this tune and think it is a beautiful Irish ballad that simultaneously evokes the emotions of a classic Irish rebel tune. I have always thought this song an apt ballad for the ongoing conflict in Palestine, may they one day be free.

Lyrics:
When apples still grow in November
when blossoms still bloom from each tree
when leaves are still green in November
its then that our land will be free
I wander her hills and her valleys
and still through my sorrows I see
a land that has never known freedom
and only her rivers run free
I drink to the death of her manhood
those men who rather have died
than to live in the cold chains of bondage
to bring back there rights were denied
oh were are you now when we need you
what burns were the flame used to be
are you gone like the snow of last winter
and will only our rivers run free
how sweet is the life but we're crying
how mellow the wine but its dry
how fragrent the rose but its dying
how gentle the wind but it sighs
what good is in youth when its aging
what joy is in eyes that can't see
when there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers
and still only our rivers run free

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